MINSK (AFP) - Belarus was bracing on Sunday (Aug 23) for more mass protests against strongman Alexander Lukashenko, who has ordered the army to defend the country's territorial integrity after demonstrations broke out over his claim to election victory.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
MINSK - Belarus was bracing on Sunday for more mass protests against strongman Alexander Lukashenko, who has ordered the army to defend the country's territorial integrity after demonstrations broke out over his claim to election victory.
"We are people of Belarus and we are a majority and we will not step away. We are not afraid of them any more," she said. The 65-year-old denounced the mass protests, which he said were receiving support from Western countries, and ordered the army to defend western Belarus, which he described as"a pearl".
The former collective farm director said NATO troops in Poland and Lithuania were"seriously stirring" near their borders with Belarus and ordered his troops into full combat readiness."The regime is trying to divert attention from Belarus's internal problems at any cost with totally baseless statements about imaginary external threats," Nauseda told AFP.
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